A Local Trip to Weekiwachee Preserve
It has been a long time since I took a photo-hike at Weekiwachee Preserve. I do have several friends that post photos of their beautiful nature encounters and in a […]
Handsome Meadow Katydid
I traveled north to visit Goethe State Forest in search of two particular flowering plants. The first plant was the Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) and the second Spotted Horsemint (Monarda […]
September Issue
Learning Nature As I am taking these Florida Master Naturalist courses, I am developing new ways to learn, and nothing is better when your online courses get you out in […]
Signs of Nature
Signs of Nature I believe that nature will let you see things when nature wants you to see it. But I also feel it is deeper than that, metaphorically. As […]
Golden Silk Spider or Banana Spider
Patience is so important when you are out photographing nature, and I have to remind myself about that all the time. I need to be more patient, and this day […]
Summer Tanager
I headed out yesterday determined to get more macro shots focusing on some specific insects and plant species, and well that didn’t happen. While hiking all I was hearing was […]
Hentz Striped Scorpion
Another species added to my Chassahowitzka WMA project…The Hentz Striped Scorpion. While kneeling down taking some photos of a plant, I glanced down to the left for a split second […]
Striped Mud Turtle
Not very often do I see turtles sunning on a log in the swamps at Chassahowitzka WMA. It’s just one of those things, being in the right place at the […]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
You can always tell if a Sapsucker was forging on a tree….they always drill small holes in a row. This is the first observation at Chassahowitzka WMA. Currently, I have […]
Nature Decomposers *Warning graphic photos & video*
Nature Decomposers.. ***WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS AND VIDEO*** Ya know that part in your life where if you didn’t do this you would have not seen that? Well, this is another […]
Hanging Thieves
It was last year August 1st I posted a photo of my first Hanging Thief and August 2nd I finally got it doing what it does best, hanging! Driving by […]
